NFFC says that a new “land grab” is underway in the US, with Wall Street investors, pension funds, and other financiers looking for a safe place to park their money and turning to farmlands as their preferred investment.
- Cowboy State Daily
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17 January 2023
Entretien avec Bâ Adama Moussa, le maire de Boghé, sur le projet « Boghé ville Agro-écologique » et le rôle de African Agriculture Inc
- Financial Afrik
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14 January 2023
Grassley says young and beginning farmers are increasingly competing with institutional investors, such as pension funds and endowments, who are diversifying their financial portfolios with prime farmland.
- Chuck Grassley
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13 January 2023
Wisconsin Farmers Union says that it's very difficult to find out who owns the investment firms that have been acquiring farmland in the state.
Le contrat tripartite signé entre le gouvernement de Mauritanie, les coopératives agricoles des communautés de Boghé (regroupant plusieurs milliers de personnes) et la société African Agriculture, entreprise américaine, porte sur 2000 hectares en vue de la production de l’aliment de bétail.
Le Groupement d’intérêt économique-Dental Yaakaare Ndema e Ngaynaakaoghé, de Boghé, a discuté du Protocole d’accord dénommé « Développement d’un projet d’agriculture commerciale » signé le 16 décembre 2022 entre le GIE DYNN, African Agriculture Inc et le gouvernement de la Mauritanie.
Arizona’s attorney general has called for an investigation into a 2015 deal between the Saudi agribusiness company Fondomonte and the Arizona State Land Department for desert farmland west of Phoenix at one-sixth its market value.
- HighCountryNews
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01 January 2023
En Mauritanie, l’exécutif a conclu le vendredi 16 décembre un accord d’investissement de 30 millions $ avec l’entreprise agroalimentaire américaine African Agriculture Inc., filiale de Global Commodities Ltd de Frank Timis, au profit du groupement des agriculteurs de la commune de Boghé.
- Agence Ecofin
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20 December 2022
Citing concerns about the environment, food security, and the fate of family farmers, Missouri legislators have filed several bills that would restrict foreign ownership of agricultural land.
- Missouri Independent
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12 December 2022
Un panorama de cuántos y quienes son los extranjeros que poseen territorio nacional.
- El Tiempo
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09 December 2022
Peruvian and international organisations filed a complaint to the OECD against Louis Dreyfus for its sourcing of palm oil from the Ucayali region in the Peruvian Amazon.
- Forest Peoples Programme
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07 December 2022
Small farmers in the US are now going up against deep-pocketed investors, including private equity firms and real estate developers.
- NY Times
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13 November 2022